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N.Y. / Region

Truck Traffic in Mind, Port Agency Considers Plans for a Slow Boat to Brooklyn

By PATRICK McGEEHAN | Nov 13th 2014

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey released a draft study designed to explore upgrading a rail-barge system that ferries freight from New Jersey to Brooklyn.

Railroads; Trucks and Trucking; Roads and Traffic; Transit Systems; Freight (Cargo); Bridges and Tunnels 

"The cost of the five options for expanding the float bridge now under review range from about $100 million to $600 million, the Port Authority estimates. A four-mile-long, underwater tunnel that could accommodate freight trains, and possibly trucks as well, would cost far more — from $7 billion to as much as $11 billion, none of which has yet been arranged.

“Any type of rail tunnel is going to be a very expensive endeavor,” Mr. Foye said. Most of the money, he said, would most likely have to come from the federal government and private sources, rather than the Port Authority.

The steep cost has not deterred Representative Jerrold L. Nadler, a Democrat from Manhattan, who has been trying to build support for a cross-harbor rail tunnel for two decades. Mr. Nadler welcomed the Port Authority’s draft environmental impact statement as an important step toward his goal, noting that it had found that a tunnel for freight trains would divert 9.7 million tons of cargo from the region’s roadways each year"

Chris Christi owes Oil and Gambling

.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Gate_Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Ridge_Branch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Gate_Bridge#Usage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_hurdle

G.M.  "thinks" they won.

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Automobiles

Wheelies: The Blue Devil Returns Edition

By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Nov 14th 2014

The first of the National Corvette Museum’s casualties from the sinkhole returns home; automakers pledge to protect consumer data in connected vehicles.

Antique and Classic Cars; Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters; Automobiles

" The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers, two large trade organizations representing the automakers that operate in the United States, submitted a 19-page report to the Federal Trade Commission this week pledging to protect consumer information as connected vehicle technology expands. Federal lawmakers had raised concern about location and driver behavior data being shared with marketers, the government and other entities without drivers’ approval. (The Detroit News)"

The protection of data will not prove possible.

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Business Day

Europe Takes Aim at Deals Created to Escape Taxes

By DANNY HAKIM | Nov 14th 2014

As global authorities ramp up efforts to close tax loopholes, companies are lobbying against proposed reforms.

Tax Shelters; Taxation; Corporate Taxes; Foreign Investments

If the European Union tries it under  the current treaties it will destroy itself.

4

Arts

When Mother Nature Stops Being Maternal

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN | Nov 13th 2014

"Mother Nature" never has been maternal.

Gaia is a four letter word.

5

Magazine

What if an Athlete Wants to Bet on Himself?

By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN | Nov 14th 2014

A Rose by any other name; the great pumpkin scam.

Ethicist, The (Times Column); Athletics and Sports; Gambling; Pumpkins; Conflicts of Interest; Ethics (Personal); Ethics and Official Misconduct

The same argument applies to running and runners.
Doping is unethical.

6

Opinion

Congress Extends Itself

By GAIL COLLINS | Nov 14th 2014

A pile of temporary tax breaks have expired. Do you want them extended? We have a definitive NO from the Koch brothers.

Taxation

Yes.

7

Sports

A Recruiting Setback? A Coach Knows That’s Life, Not Life-or-Death

By HARVEY ARATON | Nov 14th 2014

Steve Lavin has been through painful times as the men’s basketball coach at St. John’s, but he always looks to the lessons his father taught him.

Draft and Recruitment (Sports); Basketball (College)

Yes.

8

U.S.

Arizona: Senator’s Son Pleads Not Guilty in Deaths of 21 Dogs

By REUTERS | Nov 13th 2014 

Senseless deaths at the hands of a stupid couple.

9

N.Y. / Region

With Persistence and Phone Calls, Defending Against Ebola in New York

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Nov 11th 2014

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html

Countries with Widespread Transmission

Country	Total Cases	Laboratory-Confirmed Cases	Total Deaths
Guinea	1919	1647	1166
Liberia	6878	2562	2812
Sierra Leone	5586	4683	1187
Total	14383	8892	5165

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/transmission/qas-pets.html

10

Sports

U.A.W. Urges N.F.L. to Bargain Changes

By KEN BELSON | Nov 12th 2014

yes

Bargaining requires full communication.

11

Automobiles

Weekend Auto Calendar: Auctions Everywhere

By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Nov 14th 2014

Classic-car auctions will be held in Texas, California and Florida; N.H.R.A. and Nascar wrap up the 2014 season.

Automobiles; Antique and Classic Cars; Auctions; Automobile Racing; Nascar Sprint Cup Series; Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/schedule/tracks/homestead-miami-speedway.html

http://www.carlisleevents.com/carlisle-events/zephyrhills-fall/default.aspx

12

U.S.

Pondering the Change Pope Francis Envisions

Nov 11th 2014

13

Opinion

Don’t Ask How to Feed the 9 Billion

By MARK BITTMAN | Nov 11th 2014

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Nevada Provides Test Case in Debate Over a Skills Gap

By DIONNE SEARCEY | Nov 14th 2014

Some economists question whether Nevada can provide enough qualified workers to operate a planned Tesla plant.

Labor and Jobs; Vocational Training; Education (K-12)

Labor is mobile.   Company towns solved this problem.

15

U.S.

Gov.-Elect Larry Hogan, a Republican, Stands Tall in Democratic Maryland

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Nov 13th 2014

16

U.S.

Republicans Vow to Fight E.P.A. and Approve Keystone Pipeline

By CORAL DAVENPORT | Nov 10th 2014 

yes.

17

U.S.

Pentagon Studies Reveal Major Nuclear Problems

By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD | Nov 13th 2014

The Pentagon will spend billions on emergency fixes to its nuclear weapons infrastructure, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce Friday, after two studies found “systemic problems.”

Nuclear Weapons; United States Defense and Military Forces; Submarines and Submersibles; Missiles and Missile Defense Systems

An intent to Crusade.

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N.Y. / Region

Window Washing Skills Beyond a Robot’s Reach

By PATRICK McGEEHAN | Nov 13th 2014

Despite the risks shown by the scaffolding collapse at 1 World Trade Center, window washing is the purview of humans, because machines are ill suited to it.

Windows; Robots and Robotics; Building Service Employees; 1 World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY); Accidents and Safety; Buildings (Structures)

For the time being.

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Business Day

Rule Sought on Shipping Oil by Train

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 13th 2014

North Dakota’s top energy regulator proposed that oil companies be required to reduce the volatility of crude before it is shipped by rail.

Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Railroad Accidents and Safety; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

If the volatiles are stripped off Bakken crude the product is bitumen. and naphtha.
The naphtha is what is added to tar sands to extract the bitumen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT-111_tank_car
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT-111_tank_car#New_construction_standards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline_and_Hazardous_Materials_Safety_Administration


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U.S.

Texas: Ebola Victim’s Family to Be Paid by Hospital

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 12th 2014